Dedication of Veterans Village

Original Title

Gray, President William H. - FAMC - Polkinghorne Veterans Village Dedication Ceremony - 1948

Devised Title

Dedication of Veterans Village

Date

1948-10-30

Creator

William H. Gray See all items with this value

Roy Spencer See all items with this value

R. A. Gray See all items with this value

William Mitchell See all items with this value

Contributor

William H. Gray

Description

Veterans Village was a housing program created to assist veterans who wished to pursue higher education at Florida A&M College. After First Lieutenant James R. Polkinghorne, Jr., a FAMC student, lost his life in battle in 1948, Veterans Village was dedicated in his honor. These documents detail the process of that feat and the ceremony following.

Primary Subject

1900-1999 See all items with this value

Military See all items with this value

HBCU institutional history See all items with this value

Recreation See all items with this value

Location

Tallahassee

Leon County

Florida

United States of America

Type

Textual document

Medium

Paper

Ink

Measurements

L: 28cm x W: 21.5cm

Format

PDF

HBCU Identifier

AR_0007_001_004_B20_F2

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.FAMU.0241

Rights

All rights reserved. The use of any part of these objects and photographs transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system without the prior written consent of MEBA is an infringement of the copyright law.

Contributing Institution

Florida A&M University

Source

History of FAMU Collection

Collection

President William H. Gray Jr. See all items with this value

Language

English

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